Tasmania’s Tree Alliance marketing campaign, launched in October 2020, has been named a finalist in two categories of the Australian Institute of Marketing Awards for Marketing Excellence. Source: Timberbiz The categories include: Creativity in Brand, Product or Service Marketing; and

Ernslaw One has sold the Whangapoua and Ruatoria forests with a combined area of 15,100 productive hectares to Summit Forests New Zealand Limited. Source: Timberbiz Yong Tiong, Executive Director of the Oregon Group, the parent company of Ernslaw One, said this was a significant step

Sweetman Renewables has announced an expansion of its three business divisions after the recent closure of multiple deals, putting it centre stage of the green energy revolution. Source: Timberbiz After a successful pre-IPO raising, the NSW company is expanding its three business divi

VicForests has welcomed the clarification in the Code of Practice for Timber Production 2014 regarding harvesting on steep slopes. Source: Timberbiz The Code mandatory action for operations on steep slopes has not changed in this amendment and remains: Timber harvesting operations mus

An unnecessary Victorian State Government zoning change is sacrificing East Gippsland timber jobs, according to the National Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath. Source: Timberbiz According to Ms Bath, the State Government has altered the prescriptions from General Managem

The first ultra-thin fibreboard panels successfully rolled off the production line of the Shandong Xingang Enterprise Group Limited Company mill in China. Sources: Timberbiz, Tropical Timber Market Report This production demonstration plant for ultra-thin fibreboard is located in Yita

A new wood-based design could reduce the carbon footprint of greenhouses by enabling them to become heat providers rather than consumers. The enclosed design is ideal for vertical farming and growing crops in urban areas using less land, fewer resources, and less water. Source: Timber

The COP26 forests pact frays as Indonesia calls it ‘unfair’ days after signing up as its environment and forestry minister says asking the developing country to halt deforestation by 2030 is unjust. Source: The Financial Times A global commitment to halt the destruction of the world’s